Paeonies

[IMYoung]

I would wonder if that isn't a P. delavayi x P. lutea ludlowii, David, to give that orange shade to the flower.
Rather nice.

[deesen]

You could well be right Maggi. As I said the seed was labelled Paeonia delavayi forma lutea and at the time I posted the pic I wasn't aware that P delavyi was a red shade, hence my assumption that there might be angustiloba blood in mine. Still, it's a pretty thing and now it's released into the garden I look forward to more flowers next year. I also have P. delavayi forma angustiloba from seed which I hope will also flower next year.

[Hoy]

Isn't both P. delavayi and lutea lumped together in P. delavayi (P. delavayi var delavayi and P. d. var lutea)?
I once had the "real" dark red P. d. var delavayi but it died several years ago. However it had crossed with P. d. var lutea and now I have several offsprings, some reddish and some yellow but none deep red. I also have another plant with red-striped yellow flowers but none are orange like David's.

     


     

[deesen]

I've just had a look at The Plant List Trond and synonyms of Paeonia delavayi are shown for the following, as well as some others:-
P. d. var angustiloba
P. d. forma lutea
P. d. var. lulea

By the way P. veitchii is now shown as synonomous with P. anomola ssp. veitchii.

A lotta lumping going on out there

You have some nice colours there. Mine is flowering for the first time so it will be interesting to see if it changes much next year.

[Lori S.]

Seeds forming on P. veitchii:


P. caucasica... or so the label said, anyway; it seems an unusual colour if so?
 

[Hoy]

It really is an unusual colour of your peony, Lori. It could be a  caucasica or a hybrid maybe

Here is a cross between a yellow delavayi and a red one. Usually they're either red or yellow. Picture taken today: